in Snippets | 27 July 2023 | Comment 🎶 It was so wonderful to meet Katie Von Schleicher after she played at the Julie Byrne gig tonight. (I’m a massive fan and am grateful that my friend Mat suggested a photo!) Juni Habel also played a beautiful set; I treated myself to a copy of her album and I can’t wait to hear it.
in Snippets | 26 July 2023 | Comment 📚 Finished reading Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans by Melanie Mitchell. This is an excellent introduction to the field that doesn’t get too technical. Having read it, I’m much less concerned about the near-term possibility of artificial general intelligence , but much more concerned about ‘narrow’ and ‘brittle’ AI systems being applied too broadly and failing in unexpected ways. For me, the most fascinating insight of the book was how all of our ment
in Snippets | 26 July 2023 | Comment Weeknotes #230 — Diamond